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PART 1 LISTENING   Ex.1 You will hear part of a radio talk, about how to organise a wedding. For questions 1-10, complete the sentences.     Wedding advice    One year ahead, choose the (1)  for the wedding, and select the best man and bridesmaids.  Decide the locations for the wedding (2)  and reception, and make the bookings. Make a (3)  and send out the invitations. Six months ahead, choose the bride's and bridesmaid's dresses and select the (4)  according to the time of year. Choose the (5)  for the reception, according to your budget. Organise accommodation for guests and finalise arrangements for the (6) . Three months ahead, you may need to check that your (7)  is valid. At this stage, you should also organise the (8) . Think about the (9)  (e.g. by the bridegroom and possibly by the bride). Finally, remember that the day should be a (10)  one!      NOW DISCUSS: 1. How much of the advice given above would you apply to your wedding or weddings in your country? 2. Is it better to spend a lot on a big wedding ceremony or save the money for the future? 3. Why do some people want to have a big expensive ceremony? 4. Tell a partner about the last wedding you went to. Who was there? What was it like?  5. What other celebrations are important for families? Describe the last one your family had.    Ex. 2 Choose the correct option.    1. One of the people invited to the party       A had met Charlie in Australia. B was related to Charlie.  C hadn't seen Charlie for twelve years.   2. People were asked           A to keep the party a secred form Charlie. B to send a written reply to the invitation. C to give their invitations to others if they couldn't come.   3. The speaker doesn't think Charlie knew about the party because       A he reacted with real surprise. B he wasn't wearing a fancy dress costume. C he was angry about the way people were dressed.   4. The speaker thinks his outfit was a success because       A very few people spoke to him. B very few people knew who he was. C there were three other people dressed the same way.   5. Charlie went to the disco where the party was held because        A he knew they played a ot of seventies music.  B he expected to meet up with some friends there. C his girlfriend had bought him a new outfit.    6. One idea the speaker particularly liked was       A encouraging the guests to bring their cameras. B getting the guests to have their photos taken. C providing cameras for the guests to take photos.    7. The speaker says that the girl called Lidia he met at the party       A had just broken up with her boyfriend. B is one reason he started to feel better. C hasn't been out with him yet.         PART 2 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR   Ex. 1 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using no more than five words, including the word given.   1. You must remember your camera.      BRING    Don't  your camera. 2. The officials allowed us to take photographs in the museum.      LET    The officials  photographs in the museum.  3. I'd like to buy a mountain bike.      INTERESTED    I'm  a mountain bike.  4. Susie and I are very good friends.      ON    Susie and I  with one another.  5. Jack feels bad about not writing to his friend earlier.      WISHES    Jack  his friend earlier.   6. I think you should go home now.      TIME    I think it's  home. 7. I wish I could speak Spanish.      BEING    I regret  Spanish.  8. I wish I was still in contact with my old school friends.      TOUCH      I wish I had  with my old school friends.  9. You ought to buy some new shoes.      HIGH    It is  some new shoes.     Ex. 2. Make proper adjectives from the words in the table.                 FURY                    LOVE              CULTURE                 COWARD              WASH                 CREATE              FUN                 WEALTH     1. Are those trousers  or do you have them dry cleaned? 2. He comes from quite a  family so he doesn't have to worry about money. 3. I'm sorry, but I don't find that kind of joke  at all. 4. I thought it was really  of him to blame the others for what had happened. He was afraid of being punished! 5. Puppies are very  but they are also a lot of work to look after. 6. People say museums are good way of preserving our  heritage.  7. My boss was absolutely  when I got to work late and missed an important meeting.  8. Sonia is so . She paints, designs her own clothes and makes wonderful jewellery.    Ex. 3  Choose the correct alternatives in the following sentences.     1. Everyone agrees that smoking is harmfulharmless. 2. She's got a lovely lovable new apartment overlooking the park. 3. Jorge is so dependableindependable. He never lets you down. 4. I'm absolutely hopefulhopeless at telling jokes.  5. Alex was a bit supportiveunsupportive when I told him I had broken up with Tony. 6. Chicago was infamousfamous in 1920s for its gangsters and organised crime. 7. If you led a more inactiveactive life, you would probably feel a lot better.